Genesis 45:5

And now do not be distressed or angry with yourselves because you sold me here, sfor God sent me before you to preserve life.

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Genesis 50:20
As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today.

Psalm 105:16–17
When he summoned a famine on the land and broke all supply of bread, he had sent a man ahead of them, Joseph, who was sold as a slave.


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